Kaiju Book: Four More Pages 2
Four more pages from my self-published book of Kaiju work.
Mukade 02
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Kaiju Book: Four More Pages
Four more pages from my self-published book of Kaiju work.
Yuutom 02
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Kaiju Book: Some More Pages
Last week I posted some pages from my self-published book of Kaiju posters. Here are four more.
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Kaiju Book: Some Pages
Some very kind people have asked how they can see more of the self-published book of my Kaiju series.
There are two copies currently at different points on the planet, but if you are not within reach of either, I’ll be adding some pieces to this blog over the next few weeks.
Here are four to start:
Gobora 01
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Kaiju Book: Delivered!
A couple of weeks back I mentioned that I was putting together a book of my Kaiju work.
Delivery day finally arrived, and I don’t mind admitting that I was very excited.
Click through for pics of the un-boxing and a video peek inside the book.
Printmaking: Further Tests
Land.
11 x 10 cm.
I’m still combining tools, materials and techniques, seeing the results with different subject matter.
These are really fun to do, and I’m looking forward to selecting a set of options and producing a series.
This coming Thirty Days Project is going to be great.
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Kaiju: Photobook Work In Progress
I have been editing and compiling my Kaiju pieces into one collection, and have just sent them off to be published in a photo-book .
I’m using the software supplied by Photobook Canada which we used for our Thirty Days Project books.
There are almost 100 pages in the Kaiju book after editing it down. It feels great to get this collection done and I can’t wait to see the book in a few weeks.
It would be amazing to have this kind of thing done for real some day and to be able to offer them for sale on this website.
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Kaiju: T-28 Red Belt
I scanned some ink and paper textures and added vector masks in Photoshop.
This is a warm-up piece for what I plan to do during the upcoming Thirty Days Project in November.
Two Pieces in Sakai, Japan
Two of my pieces from Thirty Days Project 2010 (my Main Street series) are now hanging, beautifully framed, in a private medical clinic in Sakai, Japan.
I recently had an opportunity to pop in and snap some hasty photos.
Day 19 (Main and 25th) is in an examining room:
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Printmaking Experiments: Death Forgotten
The Japanese phrase “wasure-mono” translates directly as “forget-thing”, like an umbrella on a train, or a jellied quince in a hotel fridge in Izmir (long story).
I don’t think we have an equivalent phrase in English.
A memento mori encourages us to remember death.
If you absentmindedly forgot death, perhaps just left it behind like a warsure-mono, we could call that obliti mortem:
Printmaking Experiment: Kani (Crabs)
Elementary school teachers often guide their students through simple arts-and-crafts printmaking using supermarket meat trays:
It is a little ironic that such a highly-technical, modern material as closed-cell Styrofoam can create such a warm, soft texture when rolled with ink.
I thought it might be interesting to take it up a level and try a similar technique with large pieces of foam insulation.
Commission: Poirot Poster
I wish there were more clients like my most recent one.
She has a collection of commissioned posters based on iconic images and characters from film and television, and was looking to add one of Hercule Poirot as played by David Suchet.
Café Sketch 11: Full Colour Textures
I’m really enjoying these combinations of watercolour textures with the digital tablet sketches.
They really introduce an illustrative quality which makes me think about how these could be adapted.
Café Sketch 10: Line-Up
The round forms of the watercolour textures really change the emotions and the boundaries of the drawing.
Café Sketch 09: Three Watercolour Textures
Another experiment with adding watercolour textures to a sketch on the tablet.
Also used a weird, rougher pen tool that I’m not sure about.
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